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ASDA & Morrisons no longer stocking/selling the Wii U

Retail giant Asda is no longer stocking Wii U consoles across its 555 retail outlets, dealing a new blow to Nintendo's bid to reverse the console's fortunes.

The grocer, Britain's second-largest, has suspended stock on all Wii U games, consoles and accessories across its stores, though eight products (all released during the Wii U's November 2012 launch) remain available on the Asda Direct website.

Nintendo fell over the same rock as Sony this gen. They thought Wii's brand alone would sell the U and that devs would be tossing everything aside to work on it. The reality is that they all jumped on PS4's and One's wagon with easy programming and much more horsepower. It's sad to see Nintendo facing the hard, cold truth, but I really do hope they've learned their lesson for next gen.

Damn! Bad news for Nintendo. Guess back to the drawing board for them. Looking like WiiU might become one of the biggest flopping consoles of all time. Never thought I would say that about a Nintendo product.

Damn! Bad news for Nintendo. Guess back to the drawing board for them. Looking like WiiU might become one of the biggest flopping consoles of all time. Never thought I would say that about a Nintendo product.

I remain hopeful that things will turn around for Nintendo in the home console market. I want a Wii U for Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8.

There is the problem. Nintendo just doesn't look like they can survive with this solely on 1st party. The 3rd party is not there and they are suffering because of it. Their 1st party support is strong but it's just not enough to outweigh the horrible 3rd party support. Not to mention the backing off that many decided to do. I really thought that the WiiU was a noble attempt but it just hadn't worked for Nintendo so far. I've been a big Nintendo fan over the years but there just isn't much thing for this thing to make people want it.

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